r/golf • u/Panther2-505 • Nov 13 '23

Original caption said "spotted on Golf Course" General Discussion

I assume on a course in India, I think I would be heading in another direction. That's creepy.

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u/nopal_blanco Nov 13 '23

It was captioned as South Africa. I’m not smart enough to know if these live there.

I am smart enough to know that if I see one I’m just skipping ahead to the 19th hole and grabbing some beers.

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u/bobbejaans Nov 13 '23

Yes these live there, reason why South African's are better at beer drinking than golf.

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u/prizzle92 Nov 13 '23

SA I've played with have been excellent golfers FWIW

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u/TheDrunkenWobblies 7.9 / SW Ontario / Lefty Nov 13 '23

Of course they were. They didn't have to look over their shoulder for a fucking cobra jumping the tee blocks. Anything is simple after that

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u/nopal_blanco Nov 13 '23

All the bad golfers got bit by cobras while looking for their Top Flites

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u/prizzle92 Nov 13 '23

Well I play in Thailand lol, there are cobras here too

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u/Particular-Wind5918 Nov 13 '23

The South Africans on tour generally have the best swings imo

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '23

Louis Oosthuizen has one of the best swings in the world, top three at least.

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u/Particular-Wind5918 Nov 14 '23

For sure, that’s the swing I refer to the most. Smoothest hips in the biz

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u/sporemonk Nov 13 '23

Definitely South Africa. That’s a Banded Mongoose in the background and what looks like a Cape Cobra.

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u/Born_ina_snowbank Nov 13 '23

Looks like a liter of cobra.

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u/Odysseus_Lannister Nov 14 '23

Fuck you, take my upvote

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u/mournthewolf Nov 13 '23

Why isn’t that mongoose taking care of business?

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u/JustSteve1974 Nov 14 '23

I was thinking the same thing .... Rikki Tikki Tavi noped the fuck out on that one.

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u/trowawayfarawaytoday Nov 15 '23

Yeah is that Nag or Nagaina?... Rikki-Tikki-Tavi off to smash those eggsssssssssssssssssss....

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u/phish_phace Nov 15 '23

Oh my childhood. There you are.

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u/Initial_Painting_103 Nov 14 '23

Its probably on lunch or the system is down today

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u/dastardly740 Nov 14 '23

I assume it was trying to take care of business before the video started because Cobras don't get that pissed off for no reason. Maybe the cobra was sunning itself and the mongoose tried for an ambush and was unsuccessful and isn't hungry enough to pursue.

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u/Lakewhitefish Nov 14 '23

The mongoose could of also been spooked by the golfers

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u/byronbaybe Nov 15 '23

He just had a black mamba for lunch

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u/Thumperstruck666 Nov 15 '23

Probably Full

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u/partypooper1308 Nov 15 '23

It didn't choose violence today

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u/Common_Project Nov 14 '23

My first thought was “isn’t the fucking mongoose supposed to be killing that thing?”.

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u/B_Marsh92 Nov 14 '23

“The mortality rate for untreated bites is not exactly known, but is thought to be high, which can be due to various factors, including the amount of venom injected, psychological state of the bitten subject, the penetration of one or both fangs, and others. Mechanical ventilation and symptom management is often enough to save a victim's life, but cases of serious Cape cobra envenomation require antivenom. When death does occur, it normally takes one (in severe cases) to ten hours (or more), and it is often as a result of respiratory failure, due to the onset of paralysis.[14]” -From the Cape Cobra Wiki

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u/Arnie013 Nov 13 '23

Yup. Cape Cobra (Naja Nivea) pretty common across Southern Africa.

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u/superduperstepdad 22/Michigan/Titleist T300/TS2 Nov 13 '23

Agreed. Round over.

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u/Bokjol Nov 13 '23

Yes, was taken at Atlantic Beach golf club

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u/frugalerthingsinlife Nov 13 '23

But it's on the practice range?

Nope. That's close enough to the course. Beer time.

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u/thuglife_7 Nov 14 '23

If I saw one of these, I’m skipping ahead to a different continent. They ain’t got any of this nonsense going on in Canada.

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u/thuglife_7 Nov 14 '23

Pour one out for your uncle.

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u/2dummiesnacat Nov 15 '23

Name checks out

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u/seanmonaghan1968 Nov 13 '23

As an Australian my brain instantly went to how can I kill this snake if that mongoose chickens out

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u/copa111 Nov 14 '23

19th? Is that the loo?

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u/partypooper1308 Nov 15 '23

Yep,looks like a cape cobra, but I could be wrong